I think once a Catholic, always a Catholic. You never escape. I still have Catholic guilt. It is in its basis a really powerful religion and a really strong set of beliefs. They permeate my work in many ways.
GUILLERMO DEL TOROI think damage to the eye or damage to the teeth is one of the most universally cringing things you can do in a movie and these are very fragile sounds.
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You think if you work hard enough, you can fix the precious things you’ve broken – rather than being careful with them in the first place.
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Its a bit cloudy in London but people are already drinking out on the streets- God Bless the pubs.
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For Devil’s Backbone I loved it but I felt very pressured but so I was neurotic on the shoot.
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I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.
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At some point, in order to gain his identity, the kid goes “I’m not my dad” or “I’m not my mom.”
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When somebody says something I don’t agree with, I say I’d rather not. It comes to the point where that is the strongest form of resistance. As a Mexican, it took me a long while to learn one word in English, “no”. And that is the one word we have in common.
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Movies that look safe are less interesting.
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When I stage a violent scene, I try for it to serve a purpose. I do love those things, the makeup effects. But I love them more with the monsters. I never was much of a gore guy. I’ve always enjoyed just creating monsters.
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It’s as hard to explain as a sexual proclivity. Some guys like high-heeled shoes. I like horror.
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Power revealed is power sacrificed. The truly powerful exert their influence in ways unseen, unfelt. Some would say that a thing visible is a thing vulnerable.
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Ghosts are a metaphor that can be interpreted so many different ways. There’s no ending to what you can do. You can make it a fun ghost story. You can make it a deeply disturbing, psychological ghost story.
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I think part of making movies is dealing with restrictions of freedom and budget. I’d rather deal with restrictions of budget. It’s better to feel free within any budget.
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Genius is the true mystery, and at its edge–the abyss.
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What happens to me is that I am first and foremost a film geek.
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The fairies in the ancient notion of fairies, they are not positive and cute and twinkly.They can be incredibly nasty or they can be incredibly benign. It’s a really interesting mythology when you dig into it.
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